Olaf, I got the same "shock" this past winter when my lock failed. The lock on my boat was not the original lock but was a very common door lock used throughout France. I ended up getting this one:

I will take tomorrow the details and will try to get one in Germany where we order ouer where we order our stuff for the carpentry Best Elja SM 222 Balu Von meinem iPhone gesendet Am 22.07.2019 um

Ouch, that much now. We took ours to a locksmith that managed to renovate it, thats about 10 years ago. It is still going strong. Maybe that is a solution for

Hello Olaf, Did you try rebuilding your? Here is what I did: http://www.nikimat.com/companion_way_broken_lock.html Hope that helps and good luck! Alexandre

Hi AMELians, Does anyone know where to buy the companionway locker for a SM2K or a similar one? The original one from AMEL France should cost EUR 575.00 pls taxes and fees :-o Hope to get a

It seems it very much depends on where you are. In the South Pacific we have found C-Map to be very good. Navionics is very good in SOME places but definitely not all. In the Yasawa islands, Fiji,

Hi Joerg, I use C-map on my board PC and Navionics on my B&G plotter. I agree with your findings. For this reason I bought another navigating app on my PC that allows me to copy (within this app) the

Here is a source for the contactor: https://www.eibmarkt.com/cgi-bin/eibmarkt.storefront/5d3498c9007021c62746ac1e04020600/Product/View/NS0742502 I believe the originalwas rated 25A – I may be

The full description of the original contactor is LC1-D25008-M7. It is discontinued. I have ordered a used one on ebay, so I could eventually do a like for like swap, but I have been unable to find

I forgot to mention that the alignment looks spot on, there is no side wear on the belts. Just the bottom teeth coming off. A damned mess in the engine room of course but no harm done. Nick Amelia in

So further to this I ordered a pair of Optibelt super xe-power pro XPB 1320 belts. I chose the toothed ones as the alternator pulley is quite small diameter. Anyhow after a few hours running the teeth

I am sure that you all know this about Vector Charts: There is a huge amount of information embedded in these chart files. Some chart plotting programs allow you to select what will be displayed. If

Hi I have 2 spades, S140, the still unused and bubble wrapped spare from Ian and Judy plus the one I use daily. 2 years ago I anchored on Ios in F10 for a couple of days and It held while boats

David, The simple answer is air is getting into the hot system at a point where the air entry is not "wet." I'll take a wild guess: Here are 3 things to look at, in order of probability: There is

I have to admit, we have been cruising in this area the past 6 months and the recent uptick in crime has me spooked. The fact that there seems to be no police response is more than alarming. When

We found C-Map very good in our circumnavigation - I had Avionics as my constantly running reserve system but C - Map proved good for us. Peter Peter Forbes 0044 7836 209730 ppsforbes@... Carango

We always try to have minimum two different systems. Navionics is one of them, but they have a few nasty mistakes in The Bahamas as example. As back up we have oppenCPN with various charts, iPad and

He Joerg I have the same with Navionics in a Raymarine Plotter On my i Pad i have a lot of more infotmations for the deep and more details Elja SY Balu SM 222 Von meinem iPhone gesendet

i have C Map on my Furuno TZ Plotter and Navionics on my iPad as a backup. I’ve been noticing that the C Map charts for the Med often lack detail where we cruising sailors need it most: many

Thanks to those who responded with sensible advice With time on our hands we bit the bullet first pulling the motor apart and discovered that the small springs holding the brushes in place needed a